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Name : Uma Karuna Thurman (Uma Thurman)
Birthday : April 29, 1970
Birthplace : Boston, Massachusetts Occupation : Academy Award-nominated American actress

She is best known for her films directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her most popular films include Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), Gattaca (1997) and the two Kill Bill movies (2003–04).

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Filmography

1988 Johnny Be Good as Georgia Elkans

1988 Dangerous Liaisons as Cécile de Volanges

1988 Kiss Daddy Goodnight as Laura

1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Venus/Rose

1990 Henry & June as June Miller

1990 Where the Heart Is as Daphne McBain

1991 Robin Hood as Maid Marian John Irvin version

1992 Final Analysis as Diana Baylor

1992 Jennifer 8 as Helena Robertson

1993 Mad Dog and Glory as Glory

1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Sissy Hankshaw

1994 Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

1994 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture as

1995 A Month by the Lake as Miss Beaumont

1996 The Truth About Cats & Dogs as Noelle

1996 Beautiful Girls as Andera

1997 Gattaca as Irene Cassini

1997 Batman & Robin as Dr. Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy

1998 Les Misérables as Fantine

1998 The Avengers as Emma Peel

1999 Sweet and Lowdown as Blanche

2000 Vatel as Anne de Montausier

2000 The Golden Bowl as Charlotte Stant

2001 Tape as Amy Randall

2002 Hysterical Blindness as Debby Miller Producer

2002 Golden Glabe Award for Best Actress, TV Mini-series as

2003 Paycheck as Dr. Rachel Porter

2003 Kill Bill Volume 1 as The Bride/Black Mamba Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

2004 Kill Bill Volume 2 as Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride/Mommy/Black Mamba Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

2005 The Naked Brothers Band as Herself

2005 Be Cool as Edie Athens

2005 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as Kushana (Voice) English re-dub version of 1984 movie

2005 Prime as Rafi Gardet

2005 The Producers: The Movie Musical as Ulla

2006 My Super Ex-Girlfriend as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl Nominated: People's Choice Awards

2008 The Life Before Her Eyes as Diana

2008 The Accidental Husband as Emma Lloyd also Producer

2008 My Zinc Bed as TBA post-production

2008 Eloise in Paris as Nanny

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Biography

Uma Karuna Thurman was born April 29, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, and had an eccentric, multicultural upbringing. Her mother, Nena, is a half-Swedish, half-German former psychotherapist, while her father, Robert A.F. Thurman, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and a University of Columbia professor. Uma was named after a Hindu deity that is the "bestower of blessings."

As a teenager, Uma did not fit in. As if her name wasn't different enough, she was lanky and awkward as a child. Her long nose, which today only adds a unique touch to her beautiful face, was part of her misery. Rather than taking part in the typical all-American extracurricular activities, Uma had better things to do: act.

Uma Thurman moves to New York

After receiving a standing ovation while involved in an elementary school theater production, Uma caught the acting bug and knew this was what she wanted to do with her life. She packed up, and like most aspiring models and actors, she headed for New York -- she didn't even stick around long enough to become a high school graduate.

While in New York, Uma was forced to work odd jobs, including washing dishes and modeling -- a more glamorous day job. It didn't take long for Uma to trade in her dishwashing gloves for scripts, as she landed her first feature film role in 1988's Johnny Be Good. Uma was on the verge of beginning her career and was about to take on a string of sexual film roles.

Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction

After Johnny Be Good, which was nothing to write to Boston about, Uma was cast in Kiss Daddy Goodnight and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, which raised eyebrows and garnered her critical praise. But it was after her role in 1988's Dangerous Liaisons that her image became erotic. Choosing to become more than just a passing fad, Uma left for England; however, many offers for movie roles were waiting for her back in America, and she eventually returned. Her role in 1990's Henry & June showcased her with sexuality streaming out of her pores; it didn't help that she portrayed a bisexual in the film.

Although she starred in popular movies such as Final Analysis, Jennifer 8, Mad Dog and Glory, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, it was her role as the offbeat, cocaine-junkie Mia Wallace in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction that garnered her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting actress. With a departure from alternative, more dramatic films to the commercial comedies Beautiful Girls and The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Uma proved that she can also provide some laughs.

Next up for the beautiful actress were roles in the sci-fi films Gattaca and Batman & Robin, as well as her starring role as Emma Peele in the adaptation of The Avengers, which tanked at the box office.

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill

Uma Thurman went on a brief hiatus to marry Gattaca costar Ethan Hawke and to welcome their first baby, Maya Ray, into the world. They later had another child, but their marriage ended in 2004. Uma had previously been married to actor Gary Oldman, and her dating record includes Timothy Hutton and Robert De Niro.

After a role in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown in 1999, Uma returned to her former modeling days as a spokesperson for Lancôme. One of Empire magazine's 100 Sexiest Stars in film history, Uma has modeled for Louis Vuitton as well.

In 2003 and 2004, Uma Thurman played the leading role of cold-blooded kung fu villain Beatrix Kiddo in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies, which she cowrote with Quentin during the shooting of Pulp Fiction. Thus, Uma has expanded her talents to not only acting and modeling, but writing and producing films as well.

Uma Thurman in My Super Ex-Girlfriend

In 2006, Uma Thurman explored her comedic abilities alongside Luke Wilson and Anna Faris in My Super Ex Girlfriend. Her character used super powers to make her ex-boyfriend's life a living hell.